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Alca or Plautus impennis
Auk Auk, n. [Prov. E. alk; akin to Dan. alke, Icel. & Sw. alka.] (Zo["o]l.) A name given to various species of arctic sea birds of the family Alcid[ae]. The great auk, now extinct, is Alca (or Plautus) impennis. The razor-billed auk is A. torda. See Puffin, Guillemot, and Murre.
Apennine
Apennine Ap"en*nine, a. [L. Apenninus, fr. Celtic pen, or ben, peak, mountain.] Of, pertaining to, or designating, the Apennines, a chain of mountains extending through Italy.
Bipennis
Bipennis Bi*pen"nis, n. [L.] An ax with an edge or blade on each side of the handle.
Entomyza albipennis
Wurraluh Wur"ra*luh, n. (Zo["o]l.) The Australian white-quilled honey eater (Entomyza albipennis).
Impenning
Impen Im*pen", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impennedand Impent; p. pr. & vb. n. Impenning.] To shut up or inclose, as in a pen. --Feltham.
Longipennine
Longipennine Lon`gi*pen"nine, a. (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to the Longipennes; longipennate.
Penniform
Penniform Pen"ni*form, a. [L. penna feather + -form: cf. F. penniforme.] Having the form of a feather or plume.
Pennigerous
Pennigerous Pen*nig"er*ous, a. [L. penniger; penna feather + gerere to bear.] (Zo["o]l.) Bearing feathers or quills.
Penniless
Penniless Pen"ni*less, a. [From Penny.] Destitute of money; impecunious; poor. -- Pen"ni*less*ness, n.
Pennilessness
Penniless Pen"ni*less, a. [From Penny.] Destitute of money; impecunious; poor. -- Pen"ni*less*ness, n.
Penninerved
Penninerved Pen"ni*nerved`, a. [L. penna feather + E. nerve.] Pinnately veined or nerved.
Penning
Pen Pen, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Penned; p. pr. & vb. n. Penning.] To write; to compose and commit to paper; to indite; to compose; as, to pen a sonnet. ``A prayer elaborately penned.' --Milton.
Penning
Pen Pen, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pennedor Pent (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Penning.] [OE. pennen, AS. pennan in on-pennan to unfasten, prob. from the same source as pin, and orig. meaning, to fasten with a peg.See Pin, n. & v.] To shut up, as in a pen or cage; to confine in a small inclosure or narrow space; to coop up, or shut in; to inclose. ``Away with her, and pen her up.' --Shak. Watching where shepherds pen their flocks at eve. --Milton.
Pennipotent
Pennipotent Pen*nip"o*tent, a. [L. pennipotens; penna wing + potens strong.] Strong of wing; strong on the wing. [Poetic] --Davies (Holy Roode).
Pennisetum typhoideum
Cuscus Cus"cus, n. [The same word as Couscous, fr. F. couscous couscous, Ar. kuskus.] (Bot.) A soft grass (Pennisetum typhoideum) found in all tropical regions, used as food for men and cattle in Central Africa.
Pickpennies
Pickpenny Pick"pen`ny, n.; pl. Pickpennies. A miser; also, a sharper. --Dr. H. More.
Planipennia
Planipennia Pla`ni*pen"ni*a, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. planus plane + penna wing.] (Zo["o]l.) A suborder of Neuroptera, including those that have broad, flat wings, as the ant-lion, lacewing, etc. Called also Planipennes.
Semipenniform
Semipenniform Sem`i*pen"ni*form, a. (Anat.) Half or partially penniform; as, a semipenniform muscle.
Subapennine
Subapennine Sub*ap"en*nine, a. Under, or at the foot of, the Apennine mountains; -- applied, in geology, to a series of Tertiary strata of the older Pliocene period.
Vomer setipennis
Moonfish Moon"fish`, n. (Zo["o]l.) (a) An American marine fish (Vomer setipennis); -- called also bluntnosed shiner, horsefish, and sunfish. (b) A broad, thin, silvery marine fish (Selene vomer); -- called also lookdown, and silver moonfish. (c) The mola. See Sunfish, 1.

Meaning of Penni from wikipedia

- Penni may refer to: One hundredth of the Finnish markka currency Gianfrancesco Penni, Italian Renaissance artist, or his brothers Luca and Bartolomeo Penny...
- is an English comedian and actor. He started as shock interviewer Dennis Pennis on The Sunday Show, then as New York lawyer Mike Strutter on MTV's Strutter...
- Penni Gray is an Australian actress. She was a series regular on the third series of H2O: Just Add Water, and has appeared on All Saints, Home and Away...
- legal tender. The markka was divided into 100 pennies (Finnish: penni; Swedish: penni), abbreviated as "p". At the point of conversion, the rate was fixed...
- Gianfrancesco Penni (1488/1496–1528), also known as Giovan Francesco, was an Italian painter. His brother Bartolommeo was an artist of the Tudor court...
- Bartolommeo Penni was a Florentine High Renaissance painter active in the 16th century, the brother of the painters Luca Penni and Gianfrancesco Penni - the...
- Luca Penni (c.1500/1504–1556) was an Italian painter of the 16th century best known for his work in France as part of the First School of Fontainebleau...
- Giovanni Giacomo Penni (fl. 16th century) was an Italian physician, born in Florence, known for his text, in verse, about the rhinoceros, following the...
- Penni Russon (born 27 December 1974) is an Australian writer of children's literature and young adult fiction. Russon was born in 1974 in Tasmania, Australia...
- Penni Ann Peppas (born July 2, 1972) is an American former professional basketball player. She was the first foreign born professional player in the Icelandic...